Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-10

Of Great Britain 70 such sutbeEity -
tie Domlnion aoVsFnment sssanes 10
ths North Anantss. The esrcamaasne.
ars - entirety diasrsnt thst TIE SesFs-
sary who weaid fail 70 apprssiats tks
diHsss1es mss b sxeesdinaly anxi01s
20 Play int he hasds Of bis eOuntrJs
susmiss-
In sbe Bearing Sea the GATED Stairs
claims Q night which had never besn
questioned until Secretary Bsyard srd
his Ds@oasatie colleagues chose 10 gas
ton it. From The time Of the earliest
explorasious Of the FoEthvess coast.
Rzasis claimed Jurisdiction over the
waters Of he BshKing Sea- This right.
% fss 81 the eastern portion Of he VA
legs ID esnesEDsd. gas transferred 10 the
united States b. the treaty Of eessiaB.
RussiA's Jurisdiction over the western
partisn Of The - h still onqaestioned.
and TIE simifaF claim Of ths Gated
States woald Iikssiss be unquestioned
bat fer the presence Of Secretary BAysrd
in the Department. Of State. Protection
is absolutely necessary 10 the pfeserva
ton Of the seal hsberiss. and that pro
tsetion can be extended b. 20 pO9er
bat the United States. lie withdrawal
means the Ioss Of these fisheries. net to
The Uaitei States alone, bat 10 the
world. Further, 10 may be sAid that
The BehTiBe Sea cannot be regarded a.
an open sea- TIE numerous Islands
which stud its waters and the nature Of
the alaakan coast line render 10 prac-
tieaIly . land locked body Of water, and
the right Of the nation 10 which the ad-
iaosnt coast belongs 10 exert iurisdie'
ton over IL cannot be ssTiOasly goes.
toned. The precisely similar elaim oil
Russia 10 she waters bordering on BEL
coast Is uEqusstionsd, and. 10 Alaskawer'
. British instead Of Hn American pos
session. BsbrinR.sea would be 80 con
plstsly sabisos 10 English law a. is the
IEish Sea OF the North Sea-two bodie'
OF water ever which Great Britain en-
ersises oomplsts Jurisdiction.
The controversy 10 regard 70 the Ess
coast fisheries 10 entirely daerent. 70
almoss Q century These q berries hav
been 9 bons Of contention betwoeI
Great Britain and the United States
TIE Uaited States questions no rich
which has hitherto been urq1estioDe'
and asserts no claim which has hithert
bees IN sserted. Tie Canadian gov
eminent. In lie EsAl TO protect the IN
shore fisheries, has dsied eli trsatis
and has denied to American fishing ves
seIs the right TO trade along the coast
Il has aiso denied 10 them the right I
appFoach within three miles Of shor
upon any pFeiext. and 10 their Efforts {
enforce their regulations the Dominic
officials have committed acis Whieh GA
DO regarded a. nothing less than acts O
piracy. American vessels have bee
seized upon the slightest preteJts. eve
some which have entered pert in dii
treas having been regarded as 'iolatoi
II the Law and subjected to ssiznr'
The fisheries question 10 no longer
fisheries question alone. The ordinAT
commercial rights OF American city Z
have been denied and the first duty {
the government IL to protect them
those rights.
As matter Of fact. the Alaska sel
fisheries are Of more value than than a
the iR-shore fisheries along the Cana
dian coast, and II Secretary Bayar
gives up the former in bis eaRerossS /
establish bis point in connection Wit
the latter. be vill have peFpeirhttd ii
grea test blunder in even bis blondeTiH
career. The Secretary OF State who cat
not assert for bis government q IiRt
which has never until now been quei
toned, and at the sane time sustain th
position OF bis government in a oonsr'
versy which has been carried on wit
varying phases ever since the ind,
pendenoe Of the United States was e'
tablished, lie not Q success in bis pos
ton and should surrender ii to son
more able and more patriotic man.
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